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The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) was inspired when Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife Elizabeth Gertrude Britton visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1888. [7] The NYBG was established in 1891 by act of the New York State Legislature, which among other things, established a board of directors whose job was to raise money for the garden. [8]
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in New York is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of New York. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States. [1] [2] [3] The total number of botanical gardens recorded in the United States depends on the criteria used, and is in the range from 296 [4] to 1014. [1] The approximate number of living plant accessions recorded in these botanical gardens ...
Category: Botanical gardens in the United States by state. ... Botanical gardens in New York (state) (2 C, 10 P) Botanical gardens in North Carolina (1 C, 27 P)
Botanical gardens in New York City (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Botanical gardens in New York (state)" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City.Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre (100 ha) site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a greenhouse containing several habitats; and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world's largest collections of ...
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library is located at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in the Bronx, New York City.Founded in 1899 and renamed in the 1990s for LuEsther Mertz, it is the United States' largest botanical research library, and the first library whose collection focused exclusively on botany.
The land was purchased by the New York City government in 1884 and was transferred to the New York Botanical Garden in 1915. [4] [5] The Mill was retained by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and used for storage and shops. In 1937 it was transferred to the Botanical Garden along with several other small parcels.